Speaking of earmarks, Palin says "sometimes these dollars go to projects having little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France... I kid you not!" ( Palin speach).
Nature magazine studied the origins of this earmark and it seems to be pertaining to olive fruit fly research in order to safeguard California's Olive Oil industry (link between stories) and so perhaps collaborating with France is what she disagrees with? France was conducting this type of research and it seems the money was spent to fund this research abroad. Regardless, she speaks of fruit fly research as though it was completely ridiculous... But of course, genetic research may be against her beliefs.
I will recommend three books at three distinct levels. First, to give you a basic familiarity with the night sky, I recommend, Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, it has been one of my favourites. No astrophysics in this one, just decades' worth of experience in star gazing.
Also, for a familiarity with the solar system and planetary geology, I recommend Moons and Planets. Finally, for rigour, I recommend Introduction to Cosmology, it is clear, concise, and introduces elements from general relativity without much of the required differential geometry.
These books were all part of required classes in my undergrad and I really enjoyed them. Hope they serve you well!
For example, my local cable ISP has marked ALL encrypted traffic as having a lower priority over non-encrypted content in their "war on P2P filesharing" (this means, amongst other obvious drawbacks, downgraded performance using ssh and sftp) reference. I am not sure on the specifics or legality of this kind of "filtering" but it would seem that nobody has made such a big fuss yet up here. Their practice is grey-zone at best I would think and it will be interesting to see what happens with the issue.
Do credit card companies actually know itemized purchases from a grocery store? This would be required in order to find who actually purchases these highly specific terrorist-food items. Oh, and don't use a credit card if you're a terrorist (for the beginners).
Please take a look at Rhode Island U's IP Policy manual. Section 10.40.18 states: "The Board of Governors shall own and have all rights to any inventions, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights discovered, created, or developed by University personnel using University time, resources, facilities, or equipment, except as otherwise provided in this policy." This is to say that any IP -- once it is codified -- is owned by the university. The researcher can opt to not seek protection in the first place (simplest way is to publicly disclose the information) and thereby does not have to abide by these rules. Now, whether or not RIU is applying pressure for its researchers to seek IP protection is another debate.
I think there might have been a confusion here. In most cases, you are right, the university owns the intellectual property. That is, once it has become codified IP (i.e., embodied in a patent, copyright, etc.). The researchers (i.e., inventors) are all named on the patent and usually obtain a share of potential revenues once initial costs are cleared. However, part of academic freedom stipulates that the university researcher has the right to bring his findings in the public domain without seeking to protect it - unlike typical employers where the employee must disclose any findings and cannot usually 'give away' advice or product of their work away independantly. The cooling effect is usually do to misinterpretations and the perceived threat that university will force researchers to seek patents (something that is, to this date, against most universities' mission statements). I recommend Benkler's The Wealth of Networks (freely available) and Krimsky's 'Science in the Private Interest' for a good analysis of the current situation.
Also, as a whimsical note of caution, the mere mention of this DRM circumvention technique could be interpreted to be in violation with the DMCA in the United States (note the anti-circumvention provision of the act found under section 1201). Sadly, there are already precedents of this provision causing problems to non-expecting individuals (Princeton's Edward Felten, for example).
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In breaking with Star Trek Canon, we discovered this before the whales went extinct.
and it will all happen again!
Speaking of earmarks, Palin says "sometimes these dollars go to projects having little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France... I kid you not!" ( Palin speach).
Nature magazine studied the origins of this earmark and it seems to be pertaining to olive fruit fly research in order to safeguard California's Olive Oil industry (link between stories) and so perhaps collaborating with France is what she disagrees with? France was conducting this type of research and it seems the money was spent to fund this research abroad. Regardless, she speaks of fruit fly research as though it was completely ridiculous... But of course, genetic research may be against her beliefs.
I will recommend three books at three distinct levels. First, to give you a basic familiarity with the night sky, I recommend, Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, it has been one of my favourites. No astrophysics in this one, just decades' worth of experience in star gazing. Also, for a familiarity with the solar system and planetary geology, I recommend Moons and Planets. Finally, for rigour, I recommend Introduction to Cosmology, it is clear, concise, and introduces elements from general relativity without much of the required differential geometry. These books were all part of required classes in my undergrad and I really enjoyed them. Hope they serve you well!
There is a petition at the end of the article for those interested.
Yes, but the personal trauma caused by having to be put on hold until you take up their valuable time on the line is beyond my threshold for pain!
For example, my local cable ISP has marked ALL encrypted traffic as having a lower priority over non-encrypted content in their "war on P2P filesharing" (this means, amongst other obvious drawbacks, downgraded performance using ssh and sftp) reference. I am not sure on the specifics or legality of this kind of "filtering" but it would seem that nobody has made such a big fuss yet up here. Their practice is grey-zone at best I would think and it will be interesting to see what happens with the issue.
Do credit card companies actually know itemized purchases from a grocery store? This would be required in order to find who actually purchases these highly specific terrorist-food items. Oh, and don't use a credit card if you're a terrorist (for the beginners).
.02 cents per damaged .00001 square foot of property!
No secret conspiracy to overthrow Wikipedia yet, just a typo:) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V/ will bring you there.
Please take a look at Rhode Island U's IP Policy manual. Section 10.40.18 states: "The Board of Governors shall own and have all rights to any inventions, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights discovered, created, or developed by University personnel using University time, resources, facilities, or equipment, except as otherwise provided in this policy." This is to say that any IP -- once it is codified -- is owned by the university. The researcher can opt to not seek protection in the first place (simplest way is to publicly disclose the information) and thereby does not have to abide by these rules. Now, whether or not RIU is applying pressure for its researchers to seek IP protection is another debate.
I think there might have been a confusion here. In most cases, you are right, the university owns the intellectual property. That is, once it has become codified IP (i.e., embodied in a patent, copyright, etc.). The researchers (i.e., inventors) are all named on the patent and usually obtain a share of potential revenues once initial costs are cleared. However, part of academic freedom stipulates that the university researcher has the right to bring his findings in the public domain without seeking to protect it - unlike typical employers where the employee must disclose any findings and cannot usually 'give away' advice or product of their work away independantly. The cooling effect is usually do to misinterpretations and the perceived threat that university will force researchers to seek patents (something that is, to this date, against most universities' mission statements). I recommend Benkler's The Wealth of Networks (freely available) and Krimsky's 'Science in the Private Interest' for a good analysis of the current situation.
Also, as a whimsical note of caution, the mere mention of this DRM circumvention technique could be interpreted to be in violation with the DMCA in the United States (note the anti-circumvention provision of the act found under section 1201). Sadly, there are already precedents of this provision causing problems to non-expecting individuals (Princeton's Edward Felten, for example).